PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Micah Berman
TI  - Regulatory oversight of ENDS product defects
AID  - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-052985
DP  - 2017 Jan 01
TA  - Tobacco Control
PG  - 2--3
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
4099  - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/26/1/2.short
4100  - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/26/1/2.full
SO  - Tob Control2017 Jan 01; 26
AB  - This commentary discusses regulatory options for addressing electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)-related overheating, fire or explosion events in the USA. Currently, ENDS fall into a regulatory void, leaving customers unprotected from shoddy manufacturing and malfunctioning batteries. However, given the much greater harm caused by conventional tobacco products, efforts to address injuries caused by malfunctioning ENDS should not derail progress on tobacco control measures that are likely to have a much larger public health impact.